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Charges to be dropped against male model who danced naked around Times Square
A naked man shouts before jumping from the ledge above the TKTS Broadway ticket booth in New York's Times Square, Thursday, June 30, 2016. (AP Photo)
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The man who stripped and danced around naked in Times Square will soon have his charges dismissed after prosecutors chalked up the public display up to "a manic episode."
21-year-old Krit McClean received an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal when he appeared in court Friday morning on the June 30 incident.
Public lewdness, disorderly conduct and exposure charges against McClean will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for the next six months.
He will also have to continue psychiatric treatment and take his prescribed medication.
Prosecutors offered the arrangement after concluding the incident "likely took place while the defendant was experiencing a manic episode, which was the first episode in his life."
He is due back in court Nov. 4 for a status update.
McClean was reportedly dropped from his job by the Ford Modeling Agency.
He broke his arm when he jumped from the TKTS booth after badgering police in the June 30th incident.
The 21-year-old Columbia student has been undergoing psychiatric treatment for weeks.
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According to multiple reports coming out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, at least 51 people suffered from food poisoning after eating at a single restaurant. Health officials have stated dozens fell violently ill after eating at JJ's Beer Garden and Brewery. Most exhibited symptoms of diarrhea, fever, and vomiting within a day of eating there. At this time, no one has been reportedly taken to the hospital for treatment.
The JJ's Beer Garden and Brewery food poisoning scare in Arkansas has brought the constant risk of foodborne illnesses back into the national spotlight. If you want to do what you can to avoid contaminated food and the sicknesses they can cause, there are a few best sanitary practices you should always follow.
Keep raw meats separate from other foods when you are preparing meals.
Store raw meat on the lowest possible shelf in refrigerators and freezers.
Clean all workstations as you work in your own kitchen.
Cook all food to recommended temperatures and for recommended times.
Package and store leftovers as soon as possible after finishing your meal.
Look for an "A" food safety rating from official health inspectors in the front windows or doors.
Ask the chefs to prepare meats as "well done" when possible.
Do not eat any food that has a questionable odor.
Take a trip to the restroom before ordering—dirty sinks usually mean dirty kitchens.
Avoid buffets without proper sneeze guards.
People suffer food poisoning from restaurants and eateries all the time, but few actually consider that they might have a personal injury claim because of it. In Ohio, you do have the right to file a claim for damages against an establishment that served you contaminated food. The problem is you have a high evidential burden to fulfill, as pinpointing the exact food that caused you to fall ill is difficult.
With the help of Williams DeClark Tuschman Co., L.P.A., you can get legal guidance regarding food poisoning claims. Our Toledo personal injury lawyers have 100+ years of total experience managing complex and intricate claims, including food poisoning cases. We know where to look for evidence to back your statements, and how to seek each penny of compensation you deserve.
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Q: Assign same value/id to duplicate entries in mysql My table
|   i   |   j  |

| kathy |  25 |

| Kathy |  45  |

| Jason|  34   |

| James|  67  |

| Kathy|  37  |

| Emily|  56  |

| Jason|  89   |

I want same value/id(refer col 'k') to be generated against emp names(col'i') irrespective of column having repeated entries.
As the entries in the col 'i' will be dynamic ,cannot use case statement here.
Is there a way to do this in MySQL dynamically?
Expected o/p:
|   i   |   j  | k |

| kathy |  25 |  1 |

| Kathy |  45  |  1 |

| Jason|  34   |  2 |

| James|  67  |   3 |

| Kathy|  37  |   1 |

| Emily|  56  |   4 |

| Jason|  34   |  2 |

A: One method uses variables and a subquery:
select t.*, n.rn
from t join
     (select n.name, (@rn := @rn + 1) as rn
      from (select distinct name from t) n cross join
           (select @rn := 0) params
     ) n
     on t.name = n.name;

Note that the order of the result set might (and probably will) differ from your original table.  To get results in a particular order, you need an order by and there is no obvious column for such ordering.

A: You can achieve using below:
set @pk1 ='';
set @rn1 =0;

SELECT  i,
        j,
        rank
FROM
(
  SELECT  i,
          j,
          @rn1 :=  if(@pk1=i, @rn1, @rn1+1) as rank,
          @pk1 := i
  FROM
  (
    SELECT  i,
            j
    FROM    tbl1
    ORDER BY i
) A
) B;

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As I entered the large hall within the school campus, I was greeted by a jolly clown, decked in a fancy and colourful striped outfit. He was fat and round, with painted thick red lips, a bulbous nose, wearing an equally colourful bowler hat. He tipped his hat, showing a bald pate and introduced himself, "My name is Hairy, spelt H. A. I. R. Y." and pointed to his hairless head. That made me laugh so hard! Lifting a plastic bottle in his hand, he said, "And my surname is Bottle, as in this plastic bottle!" I laughed again. Hairy is one of our favourite volunteer Caring Clowns who never fails to show up when we need his presence.
I was at the "We are Family" portrait event and the atmosphere was most carnival like, fun, gay and happy. Tucked at one corner was the makeup section. It looked like a mini makeup studio, with colourful palettes of rouge, eye shadow and lipsticks of all shades. Raring to go were quite a few professional makeup artists waiting to give make-overs to those who wanted their portraits taken. At the other far end was a professionally set up photo studio, with backdrop, studio lights and all and manned by a group of professional photographers ready to take shots of our patients and their families.
A food station took up another corner. A generous volunteer had baked beautiful and delicious cupcakes for all to share. "The OLDE days" mini stations and game stalls were manned by students and our staff. There were many great games to entertain our patients and their families including "pick up marbles with chopsticks", "chaptek", Jenga, balloon sculpting stations and many others from the good old days. There was also a stage where student performers went up to sing or played instruments throughout the day. Roaming around the hall were "Spongebob", "Shrek" and "Spiderman", not forgetting Mr Hairy Bottle.
I recognised quite a few of our patients who were there with their families dressed to the nines to have their family portrait photographed. They all gave me cheery waves. Others were at the stalls playing games and reminiscing their past. Most notable was the fact that the patients were doing the activities as a family.
Near the exit were two stations, manned by student volunteers. One was where families were busy decorating photo frames, so that they could take the frames to the second station, where students were printing out carefully selected photographs of the patient and their families and framing them for collection. Included with each beautifully decorated frame was a thumbdrive containing the rest of the photos the family had taken. I looked closely at some of the photos and marvelled at how well taken they were and felt warmed that each family had a photo they could cherish with fond memories. I also saw that some patients took the opportunity to take "head" shots of themselves, in preparation for what was inevitable. I was sad, but then again, the photos radiated happiness and depicted contented looks of every single patient.
As I was about to leave, a patient with 22 family members walked in, all so well dressed. I noticed how well co-ordinated the daughters were, as six of them were dressed in cheongsams. I felt happy that the entire family cared enough to come together to get possibly the last family photo taken. I was very touched by the cohesive teamwork put up by our student volunteers, each and every one of our staff members, who came together on a Saturday, to help our patients and their families create a wonderful memory they can cherish forever. This is another reason, why I am glad to be in HCA!


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homemade tractors on NPR
some fresh press for the Open Source Ecology Project, always inspirational.
Building A Village Starts With Building The Tractor
by Jon Kalish for NPR
Do-it-yourselfers have made everything from bamboo bicycles to 3-D printers, but nothing as ambitious as what's happening on a farm in northwest Missouri where tractors and other industrial machines are being made from scratch.
Marcin Jakubowski earned a Ph.D. in physics, and his doctoral thesis deals with velocity turbulence and zonal flow detection, whatever that is. But when Jakubowski graduated in 2004, he wanted nothing to do with physics or academia.
"I was so disillusioned and disenchanted with that whole world, I wanted to leave it as soon as possible," says the 39-year-old Jakubowski. "So the first thing I did after graduation is settle on some land and started getting dirty."
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Salvation Army Major Bruce Mac Kenzie says people who want to donate to the kettle campaign but have no cash can now do so by using text or the Internet.
An innovative initiative is going to allow people to donate to the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign via texting, Major Bruce Mac Kenzie said.
The Salvation Army kettle campaign in Port Alberni kicks off on Friday, Nov. 29 in front of Animal Ark on Third Avenue and lasts until Dec. 24.
The Salvation Army hopes to raise $65,000 this year through the campaign, Mac Kenzie said.
One problem kettle volunteers have often encountered in recent years is people who say they'd like to donate but say they have no cash.
To overcome the issue the kettle campaign has added digital options for cashless customers.
The first option allows people to text a donation. Donators can send a text to the number 45678 and send the message "Hope 1004". They will next be prompted for a $5 donation, which if they agree will be added to their phone bill and a tax receipt sent to them.
A second option will allow people to donate online by logging onto the website fillthekettle.com. They can click on a kettle and make a donation.
"These just make it more convenient for people to make a donation," Mac Kenzie said.
As of Friday, there will be kettles set up at six locations six days a week: Walmart, Buy-Low Foods, Safeway, Fairway Market, Quality Foods and the BC Liquor Store. A seventh location will be located at the Animal Ark on Third Avenue on Fridays and Saturdays.
There are 250 kettle shifts between Nov. 29 and Dec. 24 with each shift taking two hours. The initiative has filled approximately half the shifts but needs more volunteers, Mac Kenzie said. Prospective volunteers can call Schellie Hudson at 250-735-4899.
Other volunteer groups include the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, ADSS band, Port Alberni fire fighters, and army cadets as well as service groups.


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He wanted to offer rooftop dining in Sugar House. He'll have to do it the hard way.
A property owner who wanted to provide outdoor dining on the roof of a two-story Sugar House building for a restaurant tenant was told he'd…
Two projects in Sugar House on 2100 South get Planning Commission approval
Two mixed-use residential projects, Izzy South and Sugarhouse Village (the Snelgrove Ice Cream site), had their cases approved unanimously by the Salt Lake City Planning…
Developers would build a five-story apartment building to replace Snelgrove Ice Cream if rezone is approved
The city should extend the footprint of Sugar House's Downtown zoning to include the 4-acre parcel that's been home to a Nestlé plant, developers said…
New Sugar House design standards revolve around ground-floor retail, building width and sidewalk space
Sugar House has effectively become Salt Lake City's second downtown, and the quickly urbanizing neighborhood could soon get newly updated design standards to match. While…
Demolition underway of former Shopko store
Salt Lake City has one less big box store. Demolition work is underway on the Shopko in Sugar House, near 1300 East and Interstate 80. The…
Shopko block's architects revise project design
After multiple meetings with residents, business, community leaders and the Salt Lake City Planning Commission, developers Sentinel Development in collaboration with real estate investment company, Westport Capital…
Commission approves Sugar House townhome project
More missing middle housing is coming to Sugar House. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission approved a planned development request for the developers…
Commission approves ground floor design for Dixon Building
Sometimes a building, or its potential impact, is large enough that it is approved in sections. That is the case with the Dixon Medical Building…
Sugar House Hotel proposal moves forward
Just a few years ago, the stretch of Wilmington Avenue between Highland Drive and 1300 East was dominated by surface parking and a large vacant…
Woodbury proposes a hotel for Sugar House
The Sugar House Central Business District has nearly all of the amenities found in a strong urban center: a mix of higher density residential, retail,…
Mecham presents updated plans for Sugar House office building
The retail and residential developments have dominated the recent growth in the Sugar House Central Business District. Nearly six hundred residential units and retail…
Developers present scaled-down project to Sugar House residents
Boulder Ventures is hoping that the "third time's the charm." On Thursday developers presented the third rendition for their proposed Sugarmont Apartments to the Sugar House Community Council.…


New York, NY (October 31, 2014) – Kidney failure can be predicted based on measurements taken in adolescence, according to a study published in the November issue of the National Kidney Foundation's American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Researchers found that high blood pressure, being overweight, elevation of a blood marker indicating inflammation, or the presence of protein in the urine in otherwise healthy teenage men were all independent predictors of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in later in life.
"We were surprised by the magnitude of the risk, especially for individuals with unexplained proteinuria (protein in urine) in adolescence," said Dr. Per-Ola Sundin, lead author of the study and a researcher and physician at Örebro University Hospital. "This shows that silent kidney damage is already occurring in teenagers who won't develop more noticeable symptoms of kidney disease for many years."
The study was based on Swedish male residents in the 1970s who had a physical examination done at the time they enlisted in the military. The majority of these individuals were 18 and 19 years old at the time of testing. Up to 40 years later, researchers identified 534 men who developed ESRD and compared them to a similar group of men who did not develop ESRD.
Analysis of the data showed that the presence of proteinuria in adolescence was associated with a seven-fold increase in the risk of ESRD. Low-grade inflammation found by testing for the erythrocyte sedimentation rate indicated a two-fold increase in kidney failure risk. Hypertension, defined as BP>160/100 and higher, quadrupled the risk of developing ESRD, while a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or above increased ESRD risk by 3.5 times. Although the study was limited to Swedish men, researchers stated there was no biological reason that these findings would not be relevant to females and populations in other industrialized countries.
"We know that chronic kidney disease (CKD) develops over many years," said Thomas Manley, Director of Scientific Activities, National Kidney Foundation. "If we are able to identify those at the greatest risk for CKD early in life and instill in them the importance of a life long approach to health, progression of kidney issues may be prevented.
"These results suggest that there is a screening opportunity at early an age if we want to prevent chronic kidney disease," said Dr. Sundin. "Particularly, proteinuria without an explanation should be followed up by doctors and patients. Also, it is never too early to tackle issues like unhealthy weight gain and hypertension as it may be much harder to begin a healthy lifestyle in later adulthood."
Kidney disease is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States. Every year, kidney disease kills more people than breast or prostate cancer.


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West 34th Street reopens to all traffic near Penn Station after building demolition
34th Street building demolition closes street near Penn.
A vacant building was demolished Thursday morning, closing West 34th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues.
The street later reopened to pedestrians and cars.
The roof of the vacant building, which used to be a store, caved in the last few days.
A sidewalk shed was set up while the contractor determined when to bring the building down.
The decision was made to demolish the building between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Paul Okon Previews Wanderers Clash
On Saturday night, we host the Western Sydney Wanderers at Central Coast Stadium and we caught up with Paul Okon ahead of the clash. Kick-off is 7:50pm.
With a big-name defender, midfielder and striker available for selection for Saturday's match against the Western Sydney Wanderers there is a great vibe in the Mariners' camp.
Spanish striker Asdrubal and Kiwi-International Storm Roux could make their returns to the Hyundai A-League this weekend. Tom Hiariej who was a late withdrawal last week, could also slot back into the lineup.
Competition for spots is extremely high with players stepping in to perform well in replacement of the injured Mariners. Specifically, in the right-back position that Jake McGing has made it his own over the past month.
Both sides will be eager to get back in the winner's circle after disappointing results with the Mariners falling narrowly to Melbourne City and the Wanderers 5-0 derby demolition at the hands of Sydney FC.
Paolo in the Press
"Against Melbourne City we looked a little flat in the first half," Okon said. "But in the second half we got into some areas where we probably should have done better. We had our moments, it wasn't our best performance but Melbourne City are a good team and the effort was there.
"It's never easy coming in after only having started once this season [Liam Rose] so we knew that he would find it tough but we are happy with how he went. He showed his qualities on the ball and for Liam it's about finding that really high fitness level that's needed to do the job in there. He should take a lot of confidence from that performance.
"They are three important players [Roux, Asdrubal & Hiariej] – they are players you want available for selection. Missing them gave the opportunity for other people who have done well. I have said it before, it presents a problem when you're picking a team but we're happy to have them back and hopefully they can all play their part.
"We knew that Jake McGing would be able to do a job at right full-back. He had it a bit tough at the start but he has done extremely well. Now that Storm is back it gives us that comfort that we have two players who can play in that position that is very important in our playing style.
"Asdrubal has been close to making a return over the past two weeks but he's coming off 12 months of very little football so we need to be careful with how we manage him. He's had two weeks of full training. He hasn't missed a session and we're confident that Asdrubal will get minutes against the Wanderers. He started off his career very well with the Mariners, he's scored a couple of goals, the last game he played against Sydney, his link up play was superb so hopefully Asdrubal can get back to that level and stay there for the rest of the season.
"The results of opponents from previous weeks is insignificant. We know it's going to be a tough game, the Wanderers have a great roster. You could pick two starting teams from their squad.
"But, we're back at home. This week our focus has been more on what we can do better, where we need to improve then if we can do that, we feel that we've got enough to hurt the opposition," Okon said.
Opta Stat-Attack
The Mariners are undefeated in their last two games against the Wanderers (W1, D1), after going winless in their five clashes prior (D1, L4).
The Wanderers come into this fixture on the back of three losses across which they've scored zero goals, the last and only time they lost more game in succession was a five-game drought in 2014.
Central Coast have conceded only two goals in the opening half-hour of games this season, the equal fewest of any team in the competition (alongside Western Sydney).
Andrew Hoole is set to make his 100th appearance in the A-League.
Wout Brama (615) and Kearyn Baccus (595) will go head-to-head this round and are the two busiest passers so far this season.
Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jake McGING, 5.Antony GOLEC, 6.Tom HIARIEJ, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 8.Blake POWELL, 9.ASDRUBAL, 10.Daniel De SILVA, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Kwabena APPIAH, 14.Adam BERRY, 15.Alan BARO (c), 16. Liam ROSE, 18.Tom GLOVER (gk), 23.Wout BRAMA
Ins: 2.Storm ROUX (return from injury), 9.ASDRUBAL (return from injury) 6.Tom HIARIEJ (return from injury)
Outs: 21.Kye ROWLES (not selected)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC Squad: 3.Jack CLISBY, 4.Josh RISDON, 5.Brendan HAMILL, 8.Roly BONEVACIA, 9.Oriol RIERA, 10.Álvaro CEJUDO, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 14.Jumpei KUSUKAMI, 15.Kearyn BACCUS, 18.Robbie CORNTHWAITE, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 22.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 24.Raúl LLORENTE, 25.Chris HERD, 30.John HALL (gk), 33.Michael THWAITE, 42.Keanu BACCUS
Ins: 9.Oriol RIERA, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 25.Chris HERD (all promoted)
Outs: 23.Lachlan SCOTT
Unavailable: 1.Jerrad TYSON (gk) (shoulder)
Hyundai A-League Round 11
Match: Central Coast Mariners vs. Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Venue: Central Coast Stadium
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Brussels Broods over Biomarkers
Applied Clinical Trials, Applied Clinical Trials-04-01-2006, Volume 0, Issue 0
Biomarkers take center stage in Europe, where their critical role is under examination.
Bloggers, Barroso, and biomarkers have more in common than their initial letter. They are all terms that have started to gain currency only very recently. And while Brussels has had no difficulty in digesting the latest fad in public diary-keeping on the Internet, and only a little more difficulty in getting used to the obscure Portuguese politician who was thrust into the limelight when he became European Commission President a year or so ago, it is taking rather longer to come to terms with biomarkers.
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But it is not for want of trying. In a bid to move the debate along, the European Medicines Agency has been assiduously promoting exchanges of information on the subject. It held its first wide-ranging meeting on the subject in December, bringing together investigators and researchers, learned societies, health professionals, and regulators. It published a report on the subject in February. And it is promising a further major meeting, to include industry participants too, during the course of 2006.
According to the agency, the prospects overall for biomarkers are "very positive," although it admits that generally the development is still "at a very early stage," as scientists continue searching for relevant biomarkers and as efforts continue to define and validate them. But the agency's view is clear: "Intellectual pressure should be put on the implementation of translational research early in clinical trials."
Agency workshop
As a sign of the importance attributed to the subject by the agency, the workshop was co-chaired by Dr. Daniel Brasseur, chair of the agency's Committee for Human Medicinal Products, and by Professor Bruno Flamion, chair of the Scientific Advice Working Party. It paid particular attention to current views on validation of biomarkers. Presenting experience with the validation of surrogate endpoints in HIV, Professor Michael Hughes of the Harvard School of Public Health stressed the importance of having a reasonable biological model, sensitive assays, potent treatments, large databases (in particular when treatments are not so potent), and developing methodologies for linking information from shorter-term studies when endpoints are distant in time.
It also discussed the influence of pharmacogenomics on new drug therapies, and examples of successful biomarker programs. Much of the discussion focused on cancer. Dr. Francesco Pignatti presented the agency's own experience with biomarkers in oncology drug approvals and the revision of the CHMP oncology guideline to include considerations on the use of biomarkers throughout the development of noncytotoxic compounds. In his remarks on statistical validation of surrogate endpoints in oncology, Professor Thomasz Burzykowski of Hasselt University in Belgium underlined the importance of meta-analysis techniques to look at data from several randomized trials and study the association between the surrogate and the true endpoint at the trial level. Professor Helgi Helgason of the Netherlands Cancer Institute noted the clinical utility of proteomics in oncology drug development, including potential applications in malignant disease for screening, monitoring progression or relapse of disease, treatment monitoring, and possible new leads for drug targeting.
The role of biomarkers in translational research—including successful and so far unsuccessful developments—was discussed by Professor Heinz Zwierzina of the European Society for Medical Oncology, who underlined the importance of identifying subgroups of patients with a high chance to respond to targeted therapy in order to speed up drug development and avoid turning down potentially active drugs, and to define optimal combinations. Single biomarker approaches have not been shown to have a strong potential in lung cancer so far, observed Dr. Alexandre Passioukov of the European Organisation for Research into Treatment of Cancer in his presentation of developments in biomarker identification and validation for lung cancer, including detection/diagnostic biomarkers and prognostic biomarkers. He suggested that the future might rather depend on the successful use of a set of biomarkers.
Dr. Pieter de Graeff of the Medicines Evaluation Board in the Netherlands discussed regulatory implications for the use of biomarkers in cardiovascular research. His cautious view was that biomarkers are useful for drug development and risk estimation, but currently not as endpoints for pivotal studies in the cardiovascular field. But Professor Carlo di Mario of the Royal Brompton Hospital in London claimed that biomarkers could become very useful in coronary vascular imaging interventions in atherosclerosis, because this condition is clinically silent until it reaches advanced stages.
The complexity of the issue was demonstrated by the remarks of Dr. Francois Alhenc-Gelas of INSERM in Paris, whose discussion of genetic variations and genomic biomarkers in cardiovascular imaging ranged across monogenic forms of complex arterial diseases as well as genomic wise scans versus candidate gene approach for cardiovascular diseases such as the ACE gene polymorphism and disease outcome.
Participants at the workshop took the view that one bottleneck to development is the pre-analytical phase, and that prospective sampling of fresh frozen material required for most techniques should be promoted, with a focus on methods that improve reproducibility. The importance of sharing data among companies as required for validation of surrogate endpoints, in particular from the statistical point of view, was also underlined.
In many areas the trend is to use a combination of several biomarkers, but this raises issues of multiplicity that need addressing from a statistical point of view. At the same time, it will be essential to establish the role and weight of the different biomarkers within a composite score, and to establish the link to the true endpoint.
And while application of biomarkers may, in the best of cases, result in an overall decrease in the size of the trials, or the increased use of prespecified subgroups, this will entail study design with what the agency politely refers to as "increased plausibility." As a clear indication of the agenda still to be covered in this rapidly developing field, the role of biomarkers for safety was mentioned only briefly at the workshop, "and will require more discussions," according to the agency.
Innovative medicines agenda
Development of biomarkers also plays a prominent role in the plans being pushed by the European pharmaceutical industry for a new European initiative to support innovative medicines. The draft strategic research agenda2 being developed for this project suggests that "thoughtful and proactive use of biomarkers can improve the mechanistic information generated in drug development, allowing a better understanding of the sources of variation and the correlation between discovery, preclinical, and clinical information." The result should, it says, be better early decision-making, thus reducing late-stage—and more costly—attrition of projects.
The Innovative Medicines Initiative defines biomarkers as "quantitative measures of biological effects that provide informative links between mechanism of action and clinical effectiveness," and claims they can provide "new insights into a drug's mechanism of action, metabolism, efficacy and/or safety and into disease mechanisms and disease course." They can be used as tools to understand the biology of a disease, to understand the effects of a new drug, and to provide information on patient subpopulations that might respond to a new drug or be susceptible to side effects. "The value of biomarkers is that they hold enormous potential to point us in the direction of critical information for developing better diagnostics and drugs, and for helping the industry to manage the innovation process in a more cost-effective manner."
In fact, such is the enthusiasm of this manifesto that biomarkers are depicted almost as the Holy Grail of future drug design. "The application of biomarkers in the drug development process will translate into such benefits as: increasing the probability of program success and reduced cycle times; matching patients with therapy; faster optimization of therapy; improved compliance with therapy; reduced complications of therapy and disease; more efficient drug development; more efficient health care delivery; and ultimately reduced societal health care burden," it says.
But—and there are still plenty of "buts"—"the vision will only be achieved if there is the right approach to optimization of biomarker investment, performance, and application," admits the IMI research strategy. Validation of biomarkers is a lengthy and expensive exercise involving many patients and years, and "there is no real consensus among all partners." The strategy paper recognizes the need for further refinement to the technologies such as improvements in resolution, sensitivity, and comparability, and a pressing need for greater access of patients to centers of excellence in imaging methods. "For this to happen, standards and registries of biomarker and clinical data will need to be agreed upon, and existing European-wide national networks will need to be coordinated."
EFGCP urges clarification
Biomarkers also reared their heads at the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice meeting in Brussels in late January. Fritz Buhler from the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine in Switzerland insisted on the need to construct mechanistic validity of biomarkers and model-based linkage with disease and pharmacological mechanisms and/or clinical endpoints. Ole Bjerrum of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences called for research into new biomarkers for characterizing chronic disease. Ian Ragan, in charge of European scientific affairs at Eli Lilly, urged greater acceptance of efficacy biomarkers in regulatory approvals and the establishment of a framework for biomarker development. And summing up a workshop session on reducing the bottleneck between preclinical and clinical development, Denis Lacombe of EORTC reported that one of the key topics to emerge was the use of biomarkers to allow more individualized treatment. However, as he pointed out, "biomarker" still has multiple meanings.
There's growing awareness that wider and sharper use of biomarkers may be crucial in constructing shorter and smaller, but more precise, clinical trials. Unfortunately, there's still not enough agreement about how to use them. And that may have to wait until Barroso is writing about biomarkers in his blog.
Agency's View of Biomarkers
"Biomarkers play an increasingly important role in the development of new drugs. It is expected that they will contribute to increase the rate of success of new developments and to expedite the development of drugs. Also, biomarkers are key in the shift away from the 'one size fits all' to 'the right drug at the right dose in the right patient' approach. Hence, biomarkers play an important role for scientists and industry in drug development and for regulators in the approval process."1 —PO
Peter O'Donnell is a freelance journalist who specializes in European health affairs and is based in Brussels, Belgium.
1. Report on the 16 December 2005 EMEA/CHMP Biomarkers Workshop, 16 February 2006, European Medicines Agency, www.emea.eu.int.
2. The Innovative Medicines Initiative Strategic Research Agenda, European Commission, http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.cfm?p=1_innomed.
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The Aspects of Gender Equality Policy in the UK in Relation to Employment and Childcare
Topics: Gender Equality
Over the last 40 years, UK government and policy makers have been focused on gender equality, as a rather recent phenomenon as we migrate into modern society. With the UK behind many European countries in achieving equality, as issues of monopsony override policies that are attempted to be implemented. Nancy fraser (1994) proposes models of gender equality which are suggest ways in which policy makers should use to adapt and ensure a gender equal society taking various different factors into account. Gender equality is directly linked with women's involvement in the labour market, which they are restricted in due to domestic duties of childcare. This essay is going to discuss what is meant by gender equality/inequality, and through the lens of Frasers models evaluate legislation post industrialisation in the 1970's with the rise of feminism. I will explore policies proposed by New Labour and weigh up if they have been successful in ensuring gender equality today, by erasing traditional gender roles in the employment and childcare realm. Arguably, whilst there has been progression of equality through policies, this has been on the surface. Policies can be seen to be ineffectively implemented, and whilst there has been evidence of change, gender parity is far from being achieved. Undoubtedly, gender equality has played a role in shaping policies around employment and childcare, however it had not moulded it entirely. Only in the last 20 years, under New Labours government policies, has there been a slight direct emphasis on gender equality explicitly.
For decades, the UK has occupied a male breadwinner and female carer model due to men and women conforming to stereotypical gender forms (Price, 2006:31) – within their marriage partnerships and the labour force. However recent progressions have seen these traditional models disintegrating as there has been an increase in modern family types (e.g. lone parents) and an increase of women's participation in the labour force; as society is becoming more gender equal. Traditional scholars believe that these stereotypical functions were due to distinctive innate differences between males and females, however it was questioned whether these ideas were biological or physical as society became more advanced. Cultural differences also played a role in how gender roles were seen, as caregiving was seen as a feminine task in western society (Paquette, 2004).
However, contrary to popular scholar belief, the evidence they use is nothing more than social norms. Nevertheless, previous policy reinforced these stereotypes for example through The Family Wage. This blind sighted society in to thinking that policy makers were ensuring equality, however it instead reinforced gender roles in confirming that the male bredwinner should make a sufficient amount of money to support his family, thus making women inferior to men. The policy was greatly opposed by feminists as they believed that the wage has detrimental effects on society as a whole as it 'inscribed the structure of most industrial era welfare state' (Fraser, 1994:251). With inequalities in the previous Conservative government becoming clear, Nancy Fraser developed the models of equality, which she believed are possible aims that policy makers should use to move towards a more gender equal society (Fraser, 1994). This includes the Universal Breadwinner Model (UBM) which advocates that there is a need for policies that make women equal to men, whereas the Caregiver Parity Model (CPM) extended the focus of women's care by enabling it to be highly respected, and thus resulting it in costing less for women taking up care roles. However, both models are greatly focused on women's caregiving, which is far from gender parity being achieved. She proposed the radical Universal Carer Model (UCM), which reversed traditional roles making men more like women, with such models evident in the Netherlands. Whilst Fraser's work was based in the US, concepts around gender equality can easily be adapted to policies in the UK. This is evident in Sweden for example, where a CPM is adopted to attempt to achieve equality. Other western countries have clearly been more successful than the UK in achieving gender equality – this is apparent through research into the history of policy in the UK.
The 1970's was a pivotal time for gender equality policy, with post-election proposals made by the Labour government coming into power, promising to take women's participation in the labour market more seriously. With previous gender models becoming outdated, Labours policies were proposed to 'have a better balance between paid an un-paid work' (Lewis and Campbell, 2007:4). Women have less choice and access to jobs in comparison to males and due to family responsibilities, restricting them geographically and to part-time work. This further results in monopsony over female employees (Weber,2016) as a result of an unequal patriarchal society. This led to a gender pay gap, as women had to switch to part-time roles. This was due to their family and child bearing responsibilities, in which they tended to move down the occupational ladder into low skilled paid work which they have limited mobility (Alakeson, 2012). The Labour government constructed the idea of a work family balance, which presented the opportunity to increase equality in working and caring roles. However, this did not actually lead to gender equality, as traditional roles still applied within households even if the idea of choice allowed families to be privatised.
The first set of real legislature proposed by Labour was The Equal Pay Act 1970, The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, and The Employment Act 1980. The Equal Pay Act was introduced as an attempt to tackle the gender pay gap – which was initially a seemingly attractive policy leaning towards gender equality. However, it is questionable whether this was a way of the Labour government progressing their own manifesto by listening to public requests. For example, answering to groups such as the Dagenham feminists in 1968 (O'Grady, 2016), who were a driving factor behind the implementation of policies. Women were finally gaining access into the labour market, however as a consequence, other issues arose as many women were treated unfairly due to their pregnancy (O'Grady, 2016). The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 therefore stopped discrimination against men and women on the basis of their gender. Here it is evident that policy aimed to promote gender equality, ensuring that men are also protected. We see UK policy trying to promote gender equality for all, and not just equality for women. It could be possible that this was a sign of policy makers' adopting the UBM – seeing women as men and men as women.
Conservative ideology was based on traditional roles, seeing family as a private domain – with the male breadwinner and mother's responsibilities of childcare (Pascall, 2008:4).. Despite flawed policies, opportunities for women began to improve as their participation in education increased. They were then able to take on higher positioned jobs. Whilst women's participation increased, employment seemingly only thrived for white middle class educated women, resulting in inequalities in other factors such as class and ethnicity. Whilst women were advancing in the labour market, when they did wish to start a family they were at risk of the motherhood penalty. Here they were forced to take time off work and as a result returned to jobs they were too skilled for and paid unfairly. Fraser (1994) suggests that policy makers should adopt the CPM and re-train women for jobs after childbirth, as a way of ensuring women do not face the effects of the motherhood penalty and be equal with men. As evident in the polices mentioned – the government were attempting to build a UBM of gender equality. However, legislation had no real explicit focus of family policy, with policy solely being focused on women in employment with their traditional roles as carers still expected of them.
Only in the late 1900's did policy begin to focus specifically on gender equality. With the New Labour government coming into power from 1997 – women's rights as mothers, carers and workers were addressed. New Labour brought fresh ideological commitment to employment, introducing 'policies to sustain women's participations' (Pascall, 2008: ). Policies such as the new deal for lone parents, working tax credits and sure start provided security for parents and part time workers. Sure start's ten year strategy introduced in 1998, ensured that every child got an equal and best start to life by ensuring free pre-school places for 3 -4 year olds. However, this still posed child bearing responsibilities on women as they were still forced to work part-time, as full time working hour contracts for jobs exceed the hours of free childcare provided. Furthermore, it can be argued that these polices were not implemented to ensure gender equality for parents, but instead as a way of the government investing in the children of the future as potentially positive prospects of the economy. Finally, New Labours' governmental power provided new hope 20 years after the first policy to address inequalities between genders. Policy makers were now importantly addressing women's position as carers too. However, there is still no mention of men partaking in care work. It is questionable if gender equality was really being achieved. Lewis (2009), suggests that men's lack of participation in care work has detrimental effects on women as they still have the dual burden of being primary carer and a worker. Lewis therefore proposed the capabilities approach. Whilst extremely radical, he proposes that each citizen should be supported by a fair income with government policies enabling individuals with a real choice. However, if this approach was ever to be adopted by policy makers it's success is unlikely to set the UK up for achieving gender equality.
New labour shifted policy away from the male breadwinner model, to that of the dual earner. However, when they came into government it was clear that whilst women's participation in the labour market has increased, the gender pay gap still existed. Following New Kabours 1992 manifesto, it was acknowledged that no real minimum wage existed. Although there had been attempts to control wage, (e.g. the national living wage), this was not successful. The national minimum wage was introduced in 1999 and provided an 'effective and important means of reducing pay inequalities between male and female workers by establishing a fair price for individuals' . Rubbery and Grimshaw (2011), suggest that there are features of this act which were in fact gendered. This is evident during the 1970/80s, women's involvement in the labour market was generally in low paid social/care work – which is why the minimum wage seemed necessary. However, this did not ensure gender equality, as having a job does not value men and women as equals if they do not receive equal pay opportunities. Whilst gender equality was perhaps not policy makers main aim, the policy in some respects 'smoothed out some of the imbalances that result from the interactions between sex segmentation' (Rubery and Grimshaw, 2011:226). The national minimum wage is only one element of ensuring gender pay equality. It failed to propose a solution for inequality that is experienced between genders as a whole, and instead focused greatly on 'how to tackle the persistent pay gap' (Rubbery and Grimshaw 2011:248) – whilst legitimizing women's low wages. Future policy needs to be more specific relating to gender equality to be successful, reinforcing the argument made that policy acknowledges gender inequality on the surface but does not focus specifically on achieving it.
New Labours increased gender equality advancements are evident through their improvement of maternity and paternity leave laws. The 2006 Works And Families' legislation promoted flexibility by extending the maternity period (also receive statutory pay) and a massive step was taken to introduce paternity leave for fathers (James :271). This was an important feature of New Labours work family agenda (Lewis 2007). Paternity leave shifts UK policy into a CPM, equalizing men and women by providing support for women through not making them feel like they are burdened. Policies enable father's involvement in care by allowing them with 3 months' unpaid paternity leave and from 2003 2 week leave with statutory pay (Pascall,2008). Whilst policy in the UK is attempting to tackle gender inequality in work and caring roles, we have not been as effective as our European neighbours. For example, in the UK there is only 20 weeks of operative parental leave in comparison to 100 in Sweden and Hungry – 'putting the UK down the European league' (Fox et al, 2006:26). Furthermore, France have made their working week shorter to equalise gender working time resulting in less part timers, 'with unequal working time making a major contribution to gender equality in the UK' (Fox et al:2006:67). As part time work is at the centre of women's disadvantage in society, perhaps adopting policies from other countries could aid UK policy in trying to achieve gender equality.
In conclusion, UK policy has been more focused on including women's participation in the labour market rather than promoting gender equality. Traditional cultural stereotypes surrounding the strength and weaknesses of men and women are still prevalent in society, therefore justifying why legislation in force is ineffective in ensuring gender equality. With social norms being at the heart of society it is important to tackle the root of the problem instead of implementing policies on the surface. Only then will we be able to see society moving to a more equal one. Adopting gender equality policies from European neighbours where social norms are being broken and societies are becoming more equal will benefit the UK. UK policy is not affirmative nor harsh, and legislation that does entail gender equality have no harsh sanctions if broken (e.g. women still being paid less in the workplace). With the gender pay gap still relevant in society today, we are undoubtedly far away from achieving any of Frasers' proposed models in the UK. However, although elements of the positive UBM and CPM are relevant in policies, they are on the surface and are not explicitly enforced which consequently promotes gendered inequality. A universal citizenship model in which both male and females have obligations to care is the only way gender equality will ever be achieved (Pascall, 2008). Whilst the UCM is the ultimate utopic desire, the UK is far from such radical ideas.
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Kenneth Michael Hays (* 18. Oktober 1952) ist ein US-amerikanischer Architekturhistoriker und Hochschullehrer. Er hat derzeit die Eliot-Noyes-Professur für Architekturtheorie an der Graduate School of Design der Harvard-Universität inne.

Studium
Hays erwarb seinen Abschluss als Bachelor of Architecture  1976 am Georgia Institute of Technology. Anschließend ging er an die School of Architecture and Planning des Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , wo er 1979 seinen Master of Architecture in Advanced Studies in Architekturgeschichte und -theorie erhielt. Seine Dissertation, betreut von Henry A. Millon, trug den Titel Reference, Coherence, Meaning: A Realist Epistemology of Art. 1990 schloss er sein Ph.D.-Programm am MIT in Geschichte, Theorie und Kritik der Architektur und Kunst ab. In seiner zweiten Dissertation, die von Stanford Anderson betreut wurde, schrieb er über Modernism and the Posthumanist Subject: The Architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Hilberseimer, welche er später in einem Buch mit demselben Titel veröffentlichte.

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Hays spielte eine zentrale Rolle in der Entwicklung der Architekturtheorie Nordamerikas, was ihm internationales Renommee eingebracht hat. Seine Forschungs- und Lehrtätigkeit umfasst die Themenbereiche der europäischen Moderne und der kritischen Theorie sowie theoretische Fragen der zeitgenössischen Architekturpraxis. Seine Publikationen befassen sich mit dem Werk von Architekten der Moderne wie Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Hilberseimer und Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, aber auch zeitgenössischer Vertretern der Architektur wie Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, und dem mittlerweile verstorbenen John Hejduk.

Hays war Gründer und Mitherausgeber der wissenschaftlichen Architekturzeitschrift Assemblage, einem in Nordamerika wie auch in Europa führenden Diskussionsforum für Architekturtheorie, welche zwischen 1986 und 2000 erschien.

Von 1995 bis 2005 war er Vorsitzender des Promotionsausschusses und Direktor des Advanced Independent Study Program der Harvard Graduate School of Design. Im Jahr 2000 wurde er zum ersten Adjunct Curator für Architektur am Whitney Museum of American Art ernannt, eine Position, die er bis 2009 innehatte.

Publikationen
 Modernism and the Posthumanist Subject: The Architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Hilberseimer (1992), ISBN 0874271290
 Unprecedented Realism: The Architecture of Machado and Silvetti (1995), ISBN 1568980035
 Hejduk's Chronotope (1996), ISBN 1568980787
 Oppositions Reader: Selected Essays 1973-1984 (1998), ISBN 1568981538
 Architecture Theory Since 1968 (2000), ISBN 0262581884
 Einführung zu The Singular Objects of Architecture (von Jean Baudrillard und Jean Nouvel) (2002), ISBN 0816639124
 Sanctuaries: The Last Works of John Hejduk, mit Maxwell L. Anderson, John Hejduk, Toshiko Mori (2002), ISBN 0874271290
 Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio, mit Aaron Betsky und Laurie Anderson (2003), ISBN 0874271312
 Tschumi, mit Giovanni Damiani und Marco De Michelis (2003), ISBN 0789308916
 Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, mit Dana A. Miller (2008), ISBN 0300126204
 Architecture's Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde (2010), ISBN  9780262513029
 Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009 (2010), ISBN 1568988591
  Log 22, mit zahlreichen weiteren Autoren (2010), ISBN 0983649103

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website von K. Michael Hays
 Profil auf der Website der Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

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Three knocks on the door of the small conference room signaled the beginning of Specialist Victor Agosto's summary court martial. Captain Santos said, "Enter."
Victor saluted her and said, "Specialist Agosto reporting as ordered."
A summary court martial is a scripted affair in which the presiding officer serves as judge, prosecutor and defense attorney. At this hearing Victor Agosto's charge was his refusal to obey orders to deploy to Afghanistan and the tiny room was packed with civilian supporters. An Associated Press reporter would soon give the story a national audience.
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Charlie Hustle. Loved watching him play as much as anybody. Yesterday, he spoke at the annual fundraiser for the Oroville American Legion baseball program and dropped some gems. He spoke of meeting Babe Ruth's daughter and sitting next to Priscilla Presley on a plane, which led to this beauty.
Thank you, Pete Rose. That's fantastic. Read the whole story here. Not the first time Rose has dropped an amazing quote. One time he was asked if he could be any player in the history of the game. His response? "Me." Yes! I've met Pete in the parking lot of Qualcomm stadium before a Chargers game…a nice enough guy. A buddy of mine got his autograph for me at a show in Vegas a few years before I met him. He had called me asking me if I wanted Pete to personalize it. So, I offered up a suggestion… and Pete went with it. He signed my name, and wrote, "Keep Hustlin', Pete Rose" Get it? Get it? Damnit I'm clever. Charlie Hustle… hustlin' = gambling. Get it? A double meaning! Punny! Zing! Whatever. Because I loved Pete on the field, here are a few of my favorite pictures of him throughout the years. Enjoy.
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Sir Ketumile Masire to be buried next to his wife
June 29, 2017 by Sydney MORWENG	No Comments
THE BOTSWANA flag will fly half-mast as they lay to rest their former President Sir Ketumile Joni Quett Masire.
Friends in struggle. Botswana former Pres Sir Ketumile Masire (left) in happier times with ex-SA President Thabo Mbeki. Sir Masire will be put to rest at his final place in Kanye, Botswana today. Mbeki is part of mourners attending the burial.
He will be buried at his home Kanye today, next to his wife, according to the family.
His body was laid at the country's Parliament for public viewing on Wednesday, and thousands of mourners came in numbers to bid farewell to the man they revered so much and spoke highly of.
"An academic, educator, father, firm believer of democracy," were some of the superlatives used to describe the fallen gallant.
At his State funeral, dignitaries such SA former President Thabo Mbeki, Zim's Robert Mugabe, former Mozambique president Armando Guebuza, former OAU secretary general Salim Ahmed Salim and former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa, are in attendance.
Sir Masire is praised for promoting the social and economic well-being of Botswana during his 18-year reign.
He's also credited for bringing stability to that country.
The firm believer in agriculture, Sir Masire died this week at the Gaborone hospital at age 91.
Robalang ka ntho madi a tshologe boo Masire. Pula!


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"""
views.py

URL route handlers

Note that any handler params must match the URL route params.
For example the *say_hello* handler, handling the URL route '/hello/<username>',
  must be passed *username* as the argument.

"""
import datetime
import logging

from google.appengine.api import users
from google.appengine.runtime.apiproxy_errors import CapabilityDisabledError
from google.appengine.api import mail

from flask import request, render_template, flash, url_for, redirect

from flask_cache import Cache

from application import app
from decorators import admin_required, login_required
from models import Movement, Goal, Persona
from forms import GoalForm, MovementForm

# Flask-Cache (configured to use App Engine Memcache API)
cache = Cache(app)

# ---- Index ----
@login_required
def index():
    # ----Render a list of the current user's movements and their current cycles
    current_persona = Persona.get_by_id(users.get_current_user().user_id())
    movements = Movement.query()
    movements_with_forms = []
    for m in movements:
        m.form = GoalForm()
        m.form.movement_id.data = m.key.id()
        m.form.cycle.data = m.get_next_cycle()
        m.user_is_member = (current_persona.key in m.members)
        movements_with_forms.append(m)
    return render_template('index.html', movements=movements)

# ---- Movements ----
@login_required
def list_movements():
    # ---- Render a list of all movements
    movements = Movement.query()
    return render_template('movements.html', movements=movements)

@login_required
def movement_view(movement_id=None):
    movement = Movement.get_by_id(movement_id)

    if not movement and movement_id is not None:
        flash('The movement with the id {} could not be found'.format(movement_id), 'error')
        return redirect(url_for('list_movements'))

    return render_template('movement.html', movement=movement)

@login_required
def movement_form(movement_id=None):
    movement = Movement.get_by_id(movement_id) if movement_id else None
    form = MovementForm(obj=movement)

    if not movement and movement_id is not None:
        flash('The movement with the id {} could not be found'.format(movement_id), 'error')
        return redirect(request.referrer or url_for('index'))

    elif request.method == "POST" and form.validate_on_submit():
        movement = Movement(
            name=form.name.data,
            cycle_start=form.cycle_start.data,
            cycle_duration=form.cycle_duration.data,
            cycle_buffer=form.cycle_buffer.data
        )
        try:
            movement.put()
            movement_id = movement.key.id()
            flash("Movement '{}' successfully created".format(movement.name), 'success')
            return redirect(url_for('movement_view', movement_id=movement_id))

        except CapabilityDisabledError:
            flash("Sorry, datastore is currently in read-only mode", 'info')

    return render_template('movement_form.html', form=form, movement=movement)

@login_required
def join_movement(movement_id):
    if request.method == "POST":
        movement = Movement.get_by_id(movement_id)
        user = users.get_current_user()
        persona = Persona.get_by_id(user.user_id())
        if persona.key in movement.members:
            movement.members.remove(persona.key)
            movement.put()
            flash("You left the movement '{}'".format(movement.name), 'info')
        else:
            movement.members.append(persona.key)
            movement.put()
            flash("You joined the movement '{}'".format(movement.name), 'success')
    return redirect(request.referrer)

# ---- Personas ----
@login_required
def list_personas():
    # ---- List all personas
    personas = Persona.query()
    return render_template('list_personas.html', personas=personas)

@login_required
def persona_view(persona_id=None):
    # ---- Render a persona profile
    persona = Persona.get_by_id(persona_id)
    return render_template('persona.html', persona=persona)

# ---- Goals ----
@login_required
def goal_view(goal_id=None):
    if goal_id:
        # ---- Delete a goal and redirect to http ref
        goal = Goal.get_by_id(goal_id) if goal_id else None
        if not goal:
            flash('The goal with the id {} could not be found'.format(goal_id), 'error')
        else:
            if goal.movement.get().get_current_cycle() >= goal.cycle:
                flash('You can only delete goals for future cycles', 'error')
            else:
                goal.key.delete()
                flash("Goal has been deleted", 'info')
        return redirect(request.referrer or url_for('index'))
    else:
        # ---- Create a new goal and redirect http ref
        form = GoalForm(request.form)
        if form.validate_on_submit():
            author = Persona.get_by_id(users.get_current_user().user_id())
            if not author:
                flash("You user account was not found", "error")
                return redirect(request.referrer)

            movement = Movement.get_by_id(int(form.movement_id.data))
            if not movement:
                flash("The movement '{}' was not found".format(form.movement_id.data), 'error')
                return redirect(request.referrer)

            if len(form.desc.data) > 500:
                # Remove non-ascii characters
                flash("Goals can have at most 500 characters. Your goal: {}".format(
                    "".join(i for i in form.desc.data if ord(i) < 128)), "error")
                return redirect(request.referrer)

            goal = Goal(
                movement=movement.key,
                author=author.key,
                cycle=int(form.cycle.data) if form.cycle.data else None,
                desc=form.desc.data
            )
            try:
                goal.put()
                goal_id = goal.key.id()
                flash("Goal successfully created", 'success')
                return redirect(request.referrer or url_for('index'))
            except CapabilityDisabledError:
                flash("Sorry, datastore is currently in read-only mode", 'error')
                return redirect(request.referrer or url_for('index'))
        else:
            flash("Invalid form submitted", "error")
            return redirect(request.referrer)

# ---- Misc ----
@app.context_processor
def persona_context():
    """Makes current_persona available in templates"""
    user = users.get_current_user()
    if user:
        persona = Persona.get_by_id(user.user_id())
    else:
        persona = None

    return dict(current_persona=persona)

@app.context_processor
def movement_context():
    """Makes current_persona available in templates"""
    movements = Movement.query()

    return dict(movement_list=movements)

@app.context_processor
def forms_context():
    """Makes forms available in templates"""
    from forms import MovementForm

    return dict(movement_form=MovementForm())

@app.before_request
def auto_create_persona():
    user = users.get_current_user()
    if user:
        persona = Persona.get_or_insert(user.user_id())
        if persona.email is None:
            persona.name = user.email().split("@")[0]
            persona.email = user.email()
            persona.put()

def warmup():
    """App Engine warmup handler
    See http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig.html#Warming_Requests

    """
    return ''

@admin_required
def send_reminders():
    """Send all open reminder emails"""

    for persona in Persona.query():

        # Compile list of movements
        p_movements = Movement.query(Movement.members == persona.key)
        movements = list()
        for m in p_movements:
            # The email should be sent if the start date of the next cycle less the cycle buffer equals the current date
            if (m.get_cycle_startdate(m.get_next_cycle()) - m.get_cycle_buffer()) - datetime.date.today() == datetime.timedelta(days=0):
                n_goals = persona.get_goals(m.key).count()
                movements.append((m.name, n_goals))

        if len(movements) > 0:
            # Put together the message
            message_body = "Hello {name}, \n\nthe following movements are approaching their next cycle. " \
                + "Take a minute and write down your goals.\n\n".format(persona.name, **kwargs)
            message_body += "\n".join("* {name} ({num} current goals)".format(
                name=name, num=n_goals) for name, n_goals in movements)
            message_body += "\n\nhttp://souma-motor.appspot.com/\n\nYours truly,\Motor"

            # Send message
            mail.send_mail(sender="Souma Motor <noreply@souma-motor.appspotmail.com>",
                           to="{name} <{email}>".format(name=persona.name, email=persona.email),
                           subject="What do you want to do next in {}?".format(", ".join(name for name, n in movements)),
                           body=message_body)

            logging.info("Sent reminder email about {} movements to {}: {}".format(len(movements), persona.name, message_body))
        else:
            logging.info("No reminders for {}".format(persona.name))

    return ""

@admin_required
def send_roundups():
    """Send all open roundup emails"""

    for persona in Persona.query():

        # Compile list of movements
        p_movements = Movement.query(Movement.members == persona.key)
        movements = list()
        for m in p_movements:
            # The email should be sent if today is the start date of the current cycle
            if m.get_cycle_startdate() == datetime.date.today():
                movements.append(m)

        if len(movements) > 0:
            # Put together the message
            message_body = "Hello {name}, \n\na new cycle is starting for these movements. See what your teammates are up to:\n\n".format(
                name=persona.name, movements=", ".join(m.name for m in movements))

            for m in movements:
                message_body += "--- {} ---\n\n".format(m.name.upper())
                for p_key in m.members:
                    persona = p_key.get()
                    goals = persona.get_goals(m.key)
                    message_body += "{} ({}): {}\n".format(persona.name, persona.email, "---" if goals.count() == 0 else "")
                    message_body += "\n".join("* {}".format(g.desc) for g in goals)
                    message_body += "\n"
                message_body += "\n"

            message_body += "\nhttp://souma-motor.appspot.com/\n\nYours truly,\Motor"

            # Send message
            mail.send_mail(sender="Souma Motor <noreply@souma-motor.appspotmail.com>",
                           to="{name} <{email}>".format(name=persona.name, email=persona.email),
                           subject="See what's next in {}".format(", ".join(m.name for m in movements)),
                           body=message_body)

            logging.info("Sent roundup email about {} movements to {}: {}".format(len(movements), persona.name, message_body))
        else:
            logging.info("No roundup for {}".format(persona.name))

    return ""

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Q: Is there a more concise way to write this? (Need to connect relation upon creation in Prisma) model Case{
  id String @id @default(uuid())
  caseId Int @unique @default(autoincrement())
  title String
  status Status[]

}

model Status{
  id String @id @default(uuid())
  statusId Int @unique @default(autoincrement())
  title String
  caseId Int
  story Story[]
  case Case? @relation(fields: [caseId],references: [caseId], onDelete: Cascade)
}

So let's say I have two Prisma Models like this. Case is the bigger one, so that one can be created with just the title. Now, I want it so that for someone to create a status, it needs to come with the caseId. So the post body is like this
{
  "caseId": 1,
  "title": "string"
}

As such, right now my create code is like this
async create(status: CreateStatusDto) {
    const {caseId, ... rest} = status
    if(!caseId){
      throw new BadRequestException('Please Input Case Id')
    }
    return await this.prismaService.status.create({
      data: {
        ...rest,
        case: {
          connect: {
            caseId: caseId
          }
        }
      }
    })
  }

And it's not exactly pretty, so I'm looking for a better way to write it. Any suggestions?

A: First of all, you could use a ValidationPipe to check if caseId is valid.
Second, you might wanna take a look at Exception Filters as they would make your code cleaner and your life easier (your exception should inform what happened, and not "ask" for the user to fix it, as you're doing).
As for Prisma, here's an example from Prisma's doc on nested writes:
const createUserAndPost = await prisma.user.create({
  data: {
    email: 'elsa@prisma.io',
    name: 'Elsa Prisma',
    posts: {
      create: [
        { title: 'How to make an omelette' },
        { title: 'How to eat an omelette' },
      ],
    },
  },
})


Grantremble was a pleasant place. The people were (for the most part) good, the air was clean and the town tidy. People went about their daily lives without much complaint – nothing much seemed to exist to spoil the mood. The town enjoyed good employment, its schools were good and its old people were cared for.


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Home » N.Ireland » NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was 'held to ransom'
NI pig farm protest: Taken pig was 'held to ransom'
Rachel Martin
Several piglets are said to have died after vegan protesters raided a Co. Antrim farm taking a pig on Tuesday morning (January 14).
Speaking to AgriLand, a source close to the farm, who wished not to be named, said the weaner which was taken was a favourite among the farm's staff and was "held to ransom" by protesters.
In other incidents, similar extremist groups have been known to break into carcass skips to film and photograph dead pigs. It is unclear whether similar tactics were used on the farm in Co. Antrim.
It's also not uncommon for piglets to be crushed during protests as sows react to the stress of several people entering what are often temperature-controlled sheds.
"I think they targeted the farm because it's an older, family-run farm with just a few employees. It doesn't have the level of security that a bigger farm would have," the source said.
Also Read: Vegan protesters take pig from Northern Ireland farm
The protesters staged a sit-in staying on the farm from 4:30am until just before 7:00am. It marks the first time a farm in Northern Ireland has been targeted in this way.
"This is a small minority of people that want to cause mayhem, killing pigs as they go. In England, they often stand outside abattoirs getting up close to pigs as they come in. They could kill every pig on a farm if any of their clothes are carrying bacteria of the wrong disease," he said.
'The pig was held at ransom'
"The workers at the farm are very upset and quite annoyed about what has happened.
"They [the protesters] were not given the pig. The family was held at ransom and told they would not leave until they got what they wanted. I think they picked it as a mascot because it was friendly and would look good in the photos.
"They weren't prepared for a pig at all. They had no food or straw for it; they just tossed it into the back of a car."
As pigs' diets are carefully put together by nutritionists, it's likely the animal will lose a lot of condition without its normal diet.
It comes as controversial Channel 4 programme 'How to Steal Pigs and Influence Others', which aired on Tuesday night, appeared to show two piglets stolen from farms by vegans died shortly after.
The programme showed some vegan influencers are now stealing livestock from farms in the hope they can exploit them on social media for financial gain.
A spokesman for PSNI said enquiries into the incident are ongoing as police continue to work with partner agencies to establish if any criminal offences have occurred.
Red Tractor has suspended the farm from the scheme while an investigation takes place.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has also confirmed it is investigating claims made about the farm.
Union response
The Ulster Farmers Union said it recognises that animal welfare is an important issue but cannot condone the tactics used in this case. Nor does it believe that the claims in any way reflect standards on family-owned pig units across Northern Ireland.
A spokeswoman said: "As a body representing farmers, the UFU will never condone or seek to justify poor animal welfare standards. It has discussed this case with DAERA and the body that certifies standards in the industry. The UFU backs any official investigation undertaken on legitimate animal welfare grounds.
"If what has been claimed proves accurate, the UFU will not seek to justify it. But it cannot accept the tactics of breaking into a farm, causing fear to individuals and seeking to hold them to ransom for a publicity opportunity can ever be justified.
The end justifies the means defence simply does not hold water. If there were legitimate concerns there are avenues through which these could have been raised.
"The protesters demonstrated a lack of real knowledge of the consequences of their actions. Protesters landing on-farm has welfare impacts, particularly in the farrowing house, where they risk causing abortions or stillbirths or triggering sows to panic.
"Animal welfare legislation exists for sound reasons; if rules are broken farmers must face the consequences. But that must be via official channels such as phoning these welfare concerns through to a DAERA direct office which would have resulted in an immediate welfare inspection of the farm, and not from grandstanding activists on social media."


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KATHMANDU, Nepal — An airline pilot "seemed to have an emotional breakdown" before a deadly crash last March, according to an investigation report into Nepal's worst aviation disaster in 26 years.
US-Bangla Airlines Flight BS211 from Dhaka, Bangladesh, crashed on its second landing attempt at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on March 12, 2018.
The investigation report compiled by Nepalese officials and made available Monday said the probable cause of the crash was the pilot's disorientation and loss of situation awareness.
"Landing was completed in a sheer desperation after sighting the runway, at very close proximity and very low altitude," it added.
The 52-year-old pilot was also under stress and "emotionally disturbed" because he felt that a female colleague who was not on board the fatal flight had questioned his reputation as a good instructor, Nepal's Accident Investigation Commission said.
Citing the voice recorder and the eyewitness accounts of passengers, the report said the pilot was smoking in the cockpit during the flight and "engaged in unnecessary, unprofessional and lengthy conversation even in the critical phase."


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For over 30 years Peter Mandel has been developing crystal discs which with the help of the symbolism can activate the "matrix regulators" in the hologram of the body surface.
This new disc of the numeric symbols refers to the myth of the numbers and assigned symbolism.
Nine numbers are being described which have a connection to the nine symbols that have their fixed place on the skin's hologram.
Peter Mandel describes these zones as "matrix regulators" like all the other reflex areas that have been found there and he explains that the life of humans can be impacted by these zones.


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